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Bhagwat Chandrasekhar

Bhagwat Subramanya Chandrasekhar

Born: 17 May 1945, Mysore, Karnataka
Major Teams: Mysore, Karnataka, India.
Known As: Bhagwat Chandrasekhar
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Leg Break


Test Debut: India v England at Bombay, 2nd Test, 1963/64
Last Test:
India v England at Birmingham, 1st Test, 1979

Only ODI:
India v New Zealand at Auckland, 2nd ODI, 1975/76

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1972

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (career)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   58   80  39   167   22    4.07   0   0   25   0

                    Balls    M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling             15963  584  7199  242  29.74  8-79   16   2  65.9  2.70

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
 (career)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding    1    1   1    11   11*    -    84.61   0   0    0   0

                    Balls    M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling                56    0    36    3  12.00  3-36    0   0  18.6  3.85

FIRST-CLASS
 (career: 1963/64 - 1979/80)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  246  244 114   600   25    4.61   0   0  107   0

                       R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10
Bowling            25547 1063  24.03  9-72   75  19

LIST A LIMITED OVERS
 (career: 1975/76 - 1977/78)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding    7    3   2    25   14*  25.00   0   0    1   0

                    Balls     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling               420   311    8  38.87  4-61    0   0  52.5  4.44

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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An attack of polio when he was a child left Chandra's right arm weak, but very flexible at the wrist. That right arm won several Tests for India, but he always threw with his left hand. He was a wrist spinner who bowled at near medium pace; playing in an age in which India appeared to not believe in opening bowlers, he was sometimes the fastest bowler on the side. His stock ball was probably the top-spinner or googly; Tony Greig, who played him at his peak with some success, said that he played Chandra like a fast off-spinner. He was always unpredictable, often serving up a mix of long hops and half-volleys punctuated with unplayable deliveries. He could turn the ball both ways, and combined this with changes in pace and bounce.

His captains knew that bowling him was generally a gamble. In 1974-75, Tiger Pataudi chose to take that gamble, against the West Indies at Calcutta. After giving up three fours in two overs, Chandra bowled danger man Clive Lloyd, and India went on to win the Test. He bowled India to wins over England at the Oval in 1971, and Australia at Melbourne in 1977-78, as well as quite a few Tests at home.

In recognition of his complete lack of ability with the bat, the Australian team presented him with a bat with a hole in the middle, during the 1977-78 tour. Being a mild person by nature, he enjoyed the joke. Chandra was a fan of Hindi film music, especially singer Mukesh. In a Test at home, he took a wicket and came running up to his team-mates, not to celebrate, but to ask if they had heard the Mukesh song blaring from a radio in a section of the stadium. A decade or so after his retirement, he was involved in a car accident, tragically losing the use of his legs (Uday Rajan, 1998).


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